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Restoration update Feb. 16, 2014

Article was added on Sunday, February 16, 2014

Santee Electric Cooperative reported
44,226 total members affected by Winter Storm Pax that moved
through the service area this past Tuesday. Of those outages, about
9,000 were in Clarendon County, 9,000 were in Florence County,
about 12,000 were in Georgetown County and about 12,000 were in
Williamsburg County, crippling the electric system similar to the
devastation that was left by Hurricane Hugo. Most of the outages
were caused by ice collecting on limbs and trees that in turn fell
across power lines.

Two days prior to the storm, Santee
Electric Cooperative employees began meeting to call in assistance
to ensure the power is restored as soon as possible. As a result
more than 250 extra men are working to get everyone's electricity
restored. Offices have been closed for regular business since
Wednesday so every resource could be focused on power restoration
and office personnel have worked in shifts to answer phones and
coordinate restoration efforts. As a result 23,586 members
electricity has been restored.

Updates on restoration progress,
information on how the restoration process works, being safe around
downed power lines and other information can be found on our
webpage santee.org and the company's Facebook
page.

Just because you may not see our
trucks on your road, they are working diligently so they can get
back home to many of their family members who are also without
electricity. We cannot give an estimate of when power will be
restored because every outage is different. Please call
1-888-239-2300 or 1-800-922-1604 to report your
outage.